Direct identification of Borobudur temple artefacts for learning flat shapes concepts

Abstract

Understanding concepts is important in learning mathematics, one of them is learning geometry. The concept of geometry is closely related to daily life, so that introducing directly the object of geometry is expected to facilitate the understanding of geometry concepts for students. This research is a descriptive qualitative research. The purpose of this study was to determine student understanding in studying geometry by directly identifying Borobudur temple artefacts. The subjects of this study were 3 students of class VIII SMP. The instrument in this study was the researcher herself as the main instrument guided by a concept understanding test and interview guidelines based on valid and reliable tests. Data were collected through the provision of pre-test and post-test about understanding the concept of a flat figure which includes 7 indicators and accompanied by interviews as supporting data. The results showed that directly identifying the Borobudur temple artefacts can be used as an alternative to studying the concept of flat wake. The weakness of this study is that the three subjects have not been able to answer the problem in indicator 7, which is about developing sufficient requirements or necessary requirements from the concept of a flat figure. This can be a material or material that can be used as future research.